Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Freedom In Christ!

My favorite goy, Greg Leake, emails: “I thank G-d that my mother was not Jewish, and also for Jesus bin Joseph. Otherwise I probably would have fallen heir to all of these obligations and responsibilities and would have been a considerably less free human being.”

This got me to thinking about freedom in Judaism and Christianity. I spent my first 18 years as a Christian and my last 20 in Jewish life.

Here are some examples of Christian freedom in order of importance:

* You can have sex with your wife when she’s menstruating * You can study Torah while doing your business on the toilet * You can eat shellfish and pigs and anything you want any time you want any way you want with whomever you want wherever you want * You can eat and defecate at the same time just like an animal * You can wear anything you want (within the generous standards of Christian modesty) * You don’t have to fear about your Heavenly Salvation * You can rape and murder people and then get immediate forgiveness from Jesus * You don’t have to study, you can just believe * You can use French ticklers (if you are a Protestant)

Here are some examples of Jewish freedom in order of importance:

* You don’t have your co-religionists forgive your boneheaded behavior by saying, “You did what was in your heart.”

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I am an Alexander Technique teacher in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com). I have five books available on Amazon.com. I've been blogging since 1997. I was born in Kurri Kurri, Australia, on May 28, 1966. I have lived in California since May 1977.